Requested Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010

Project Name: Wyoming County Streamside Buffer Strips Initiative
Recipient: Wyoming County Conservation District
Recipient Street Address: 1 Hollowcrest Complex
Recipient City: Tunkhannock
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18657
Requested Amount: $150,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Streamside buffer strips have been used for years as a management tool in protecting riparian environments from erosion as well as improving water quality. These strips of grass, shrubs, and/or trees along the banks of rivers and streams filter polluted runoff and provide a transition zone between water and human land use. Buffers are also complex ecosystems that provide habitat and improve the stream communities they shelter. 

Natural riparian buffers have been lost in many places over the years. Restoring them will be an important step forward for water quality, streambank stability, wildlife, and aesthetics throughout the watersheds of Wyoming County. This funding will allow landowners and local conservation organizations to restore and protect the riparian buffers, which will in turn restore and protect the quality of  our streams.  This grant will award 10 different landowners mini-grants in the amount of $15,000 each to implement streamside riparian buffer strips.

The implementation of streamside riparian buffer strips will help catch and filter out sediment and debris from surface runoff. Wide, forested buffers are effective in trapping pollutants that could otherwise wash into surface and groundwater. Chemical and biological activity in the soil, particularly of streamside forests, can capture and
transform pollutants into less harmful forms. The overall benefit of funding this project would improve the quality of water throughout Wyoming County and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.

Project Name: The Donald L. Heiter Community Center New Building
Recipient: The Donald L. Heiter Community Center 
Recipient Street Address: 100 North Fifth Street 
Recipient City: Lewisburg
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17837
Requested Amount: $1.2 million
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds:   The Donald L. Heiter Community Center will launch a new building project. The continual increase in program participation to over 4,400 local community members each year has compelled us to increase our space. Our current facility, although well maintained, does not have the structural integrity to support an expansion project therefore a new facility is necessary. Currently we have formed a committee that is specifically focused on this project. We have solicited a local architectural firm to help us assess our specific needs and space requirements, to educate us on local zoning laws and regulations and to form written building plans. Our research also directed us to other possible services that, with a new building, we can be providing to the community. These services include but are limited to conference and classroom space for local groups to hold meetings, larger gymnasium space for winter indoor sports, increased capacity for our After School and Summer Day Camp Programs, the ability to offer before school care, increased hours for our teen programs, and a better kitchen facility to teach families how to prepare healthy meals on a budget. A new and larger  facility will allow us to reopen the Men In Training Techniques & Services (MITTS) Program. During its history the MITTS Program served over 200 participants. The program is a Batterers Intervention Service that teaches abusive men the tools needed to recognize abusive behavior and to break the cycle of violence. Anonymity is very important to this program therefore a separate entrance is required and our current facility would not support that change.  

During President Obama’s and Vice President Biden’s address towards “Strengthening Families and Communities” they stated that a priority to them is to expand high quality after school opportunities. Our largest program at the Donald L. Heiter Community Center is the Academic Enrichment After School Program. A new building would allow us to increase the number of children we serve in this program. Although it is hard to prove the national significance of a locally governed after school program it is easy to show through nationally based statistics that building healthy children is a federal goal, necessity and responsibility that must happen on a local level. National statistics are available upon request. Anther national benefit to this project is that by serving additional participants we will increase of staff size by three to six new programming positions.
                                

Project Name: CAPPA Youth Intervention and Development Project: Creating Solutions
Recipient: CAPPA Inc. (Community Alliance for Progressive Positive Action) 
Recipient Street Address: 1919 Lincoln Drive
Recipient City: Williamsport
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17701
Requested Amount: $350,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Community Alliance for Progressive Positive Action (CAPPA, Inc.) in the city of Williamsport and Lycoming County, Pennsylvania uses an Academic Enrichment program, a Performing Arts program, a Summer Gang Prevention / Basketball program and a Youth Employment Initiative to increase academic achievement and prevent gang activity.  CAPPA serves 400  Plus economically disadvantaged youth (K- 12th grade) by 1) providing three community-based “Learning Tech Sites” as after-school and extended-year learning centers; 2) conducting a performing arts program (K – 12th grade) after-school and school-year Saturdays; 3) Gang Prevention / Summer Basketball program from July - August; and 4) instituting a youth employment project with a local business as an alternative to gang involvement.  CAPPA will tract the grades and absences from school to measure academic successes in partnership with the Williamsport Area School District and document the participation levels in partnership with the Lycoming County Public Housing Authority.  CAPPA will assess the gang related crime statistics provided in partnership with the Williamsport Police Department and record employment placements.  CAPPA  increases academic achievement and decreases gang activity by providing safe  alternative activities and Youth employment opportunities. 

The single most important factor facing our county is an educated workforce and presently only seven out of 10 high school seniors are graduating in four years from high school.

The National Youth Gang Center’s most recent survey estimates that there are 21,500 gangs with 731,500 gang members. The survey also found that every city with at least 250,000 or more reported a youth gang problem.  In addition, 87 percent of cities with populations between 100,000 and 249,999 reported youth gang problems.  The pervasiveness of gangs throughout society undeniably incites fear and violence within our communities.  Gangs threaten our schools, our children and our homes. Our best defense is collaborative community organizations partnered with schools as well as law enforcement to provide realistic approaches to reach many disenfranchised youth before they succumb to gang influence or drop out school.  CAPPA programs include intensive attention to at-risk students who often must first be convinced that they are competent and can be successful in school.  CAPPA also utilizes evidenced based curriculums to teach gang resistance and to provide standards based individualized instruction in reading and math.

Project Name: Linkages Mentoring Program and Youth Aid Panel
Recipient: Middlecreek Area Community Center
Recipient Street Address: 67 Elm Street, P.O. Box 65
Recipient City: Beaver Springs 
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17812
Requested Amount: $150,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: In 2006, Snyder County had a 30% increase in delinquency dispositions from 2005. Several Studies have established a lack of positive role models/mentors is a strong factor influencing juvenile delinquency (Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research, 2007). The Linkages and Youth Aid  Panel Programs seek to increase parent involvement and identify positive mentors  for the Snyder County’s at-risk youth population to address the county’s highest truancy rate. The project’s primary activities, Linkages were adolescents will be matched with a University student.  The adult mentors will offer social and recreational competencies as well as a role-model involved in higher education and potentially, from another cultural background.  The adolescents will then be matched with elementary-aged children to be mentors in building the children’s academic, social, and recreational competencies and the Youth Aid Panel offers an alternative way of handling juvenile offenses by a special designed community panel, the youth, and his/her parents. The programs will be offered after school five days a week for 40 weeks during the school year and the 10 weeks of the summer.

The programs seek to serve 1,200 youths over a 3 year period.

Community based initiatives - These programs will provide adolescents from Central Pennsylvania with the opportunity to increase their well being by providing them with a healthy way to define themselves and their role in the community.  Adolescents will be matched with a University student. The adult mentors will offer social, academic, and recreational competencies as well as a role-model involved in higher education and potentially, from another cultural background.  The adolescents will then be matched with Elementary-aged children to be mentors in building the children’s academic, social, and recreational competencies. This demonstration can be used by other communities across the United States of America.

These programs will create eight new jobs.

Project Name: Video Surveillance Project
Recipient: City of Sunbury
Recipient Street Address: 440 Market Street
Recipient City: Sunbury
Recipient State: PA 
Recipient Zip Code: 17801
Requested Amount: $200,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The City of Sunbury is requesting funding for a video surveillance project. We are proposing a city-wide video surveillance system. This system could utilize a proprietary MESH wireless support network such as FIRETIDE.  The system would require an enabling computer server, twenty (20) wireless cameras, Microsoft operating system, a five year maintenance program, and 24/7 support services. Once operational, the video streams would be accessible via the internet via a link on the City of Sunbury website. The wireless cameras would provide video streams of high crime areas, state routes, local fairs or events, and official functions.
 
This project was multiple functions that are beneficial across a broad spectrum. The project would provide employment to the local work force and contracts to PA vendors. It would positively impact on local crime, while enhancing  Community Policing strategies. It could also provide a venue for local community events.

This project will act as a crime prevention tool and lower the cost of law enforcement by providing deterrence and an objective, permanent record of evidence.

Project Name: NEPA 2-1-1
Recipient: Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley
Recipient Street Address: 31 W. Market Street
Recipient City: Wilkes-Barre
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18701
Requested Amount: $1,038,606
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: NEPA 2-1-1 is based on the Pennsylvania 2-1-1 Business Plan of regional 2-1-1 service.  The NEPA 2-1-1 region consists of the following counties; Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming.  Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley (FSAWV) has taken the lead in this consortium of NEPA agencies providing I & R services. NEPA 2-1-1 will build on the infrastructure of existing I & R providers.  No one knows the resources and complexities of their area better than the local providers that have been servicing the needs of their consumers. NEPA 2-1-1, is an unprecedented partnership that has emerged to revolutionize the delivery of information and referral in this Northeastern Pennsylvania.  NEPA 2-1-1 will bring together a network of partners who are committed to a high quality, high impact, and coordinated 2-1-1 system for our communities. This innovative new approach will build greater efficiencies in our information and referral delivery systems, resulting in more availability of scarce resources being available to meet people’s basic needs.  It is the vision of NEPA 2-1-1 that every individual in every community throughout the Northeastern Pennsylvania will have access to information that can help them lead healthier, more secure, and more productive lives    A 2-1-1 regional center, 211info, which covers southwestern Washington and the metro Portland, OR area, is an example of a regional partnership of an existing comprehensive I & R programs.

The 107th Congress recognized the importance of 2-1-1 telephone service in community preparedness and response by including use of that telephone number for public information as an allowable use of funds under grants for preparedness and response to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.  In times of emergencies; i.e. Sept.11, and natural disasters; i.e. Hurricane Katrina and California Wildfires, 2- 1-1 has served as a source for information about loved ones, food, shelter, and other vital services.

Project Name: Williamsport Local Law Enforcement Assistance
Recipient: City of Williamsport
Recipient Street Address: 1500 West Third Street
Recipient City: Williamsport
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17701
Requested Amount: $750,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Williamsport Police Department is proposing the installation of a wireless digital video surveillance system at various concentrated areas of high crime around the city.  Plans are to initially implement a pilot project to better understand and utilize the system.  The pilot program can be expanded in the future.

The goal of the system is to serve as a deterrent to those individuals who are violating or intend to violate the law.  Gang-related violence is often related to drug dealing, as rival gangs get involved in turf wars in an attempt to control specific neighborhoods and streets. A video surveillance system can help to curb these blatant, violent acts of openly moving drugs on the street, as well as record other incidents of unlawful activity.

Project Name: City of Sunbury Public Safety Request
Recipient: City of Sunbury
Recipient Street Address: 440 Market Street
Recipient City: Sunbury
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17801
Requested Amount: $2.137 million
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The funds requested will be used for the purchase of police vehicles, a video surveillance system, computers to be installed in police cars, upgrade of computer systems and other projects designed to increase the safety of the citizens and city employees of Sunbury.

The national significance of this project would be to increase and ensure the public safety for our citizens and employees.  
 
The specific federal responsibility of funding this project would be security for the City of Sunbury and our citizens so our city can continue to prosper and flourish in to the future.

Project Name: Lackawanna County Treatment Court and Prison Rehabilitation
Recipient: Lackawanna County
Recipient Street Address: 200 Adams Ave
Recipient City: Scranton
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18503
Requested Amount: $169,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The project proposed is to address health and rehabilitation  needs for individuals that have been arrested for offenses related to alcohol and substance abuse that end up in the court and prison system.  The proposed project will address specific addiction-related behaviors and needs for individuals (such as DUIs).  The project is intended to develop a comprehensive, rehabilitation plan to include assessment of home life, stressors, past history, and other factors that  influence addictive behavior.  The project is designed to create a professional planning group to review, develop, and propose a plan of action for modifying prison structure and how prisoners (such as DUIs) are rehabilitated and housed within that facility in Lackawanna county.  The pilot project is intended to focus on cost savings for the Lackawanna Drug Treatment Court and Prison, and ultimately taxpayers.  Outcomes of the planning process and implementation will  be presented to key stakeholders with the long term goal of duplication  throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The overpopulation of prisons in the United States is a growing problem.  Many of these prisoners have committed crimes resulting from drugs and alcohol.  Many beds, specifically in this case for Lackawanna County, are used in instances of repeat DUIs or related offenses which reduces the available number of beds for murderers or other such offenses.  This project aligns with the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance: Solutions for Safer Communities mission and needs which includes emphasizing local control, building relationships in the field, provide training and technical assistance in support of efforts to prevent crime, drug abuse, and violence at the national, state, and local levels, developing collaborations and partnerships, promoting capacity building through planning, encouraging innovation, and communicating the value of justice efforts to decision makers at every level.

Project Name: Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) of Lycoming County
Recipient: YWCA of Northcentral PA
Recipient Street Address: 815 West Fourth Street
Recipient City: Williamsport
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17701
Requested Amount: $150,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: CASA of Lycoming County is the YWCA’s child advocacy program.  This program specially trains citizens from our community to advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children that find themselves in the court  system at no fault of their own.
 
CASA volunteers are appointed by a judge to represent the best interests of these children in court-they are the voice of the child.  Research shows that children who have been assigned CASA volunteers spend less time in court and less time within the foster care system than those who do not have CASA representation.  Judges have observed that CASA children also have a better chance of finding  permanent homes than non-CASA children.

Our CASA program has served 292 since its inception in 2003.  We have had a success rate of 99% in keeping the children served by a CASA volunteer from recycling into the court system and in a safe, loving and permanent home.  The judges of Lycoming County had determined that the cycle of re-abuse and neglect was chronic.  

The national and federal significance of this project is that children who grow up in the environment advocated by our CASA program allows a child to thrive and to reach their full potential.  Children are less likely to become a burden to society (incarceration, mental health issues, drug and alcohol addiction).

From both a human and fiscal standpoint, the CASA program has been proven to be an effective answer to keeping children from “recycling” in the court system – never knowing stability and permanence.

Currently there are 68 active CASA volunteers in Lycoming County.

Project Name: Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System (HEADS)
Recipient: BAE Systems Specialty Group Inc.
Recipient Street Address: 11 Alberigi Dr.
Recipient City: Jessup
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18434
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The funding is for the Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic System, which is an inconspicuous, one-size-fits-all device that utilizes a combination of Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) sensing elements and proprietary electronic circuits to measure events experienced by the wearer. Data from these events is stored in internal memory and is proposed to be accessed either through wireless transmission or through downloading via a micro-Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection while being charged.  The current Generation 2 system contains a tri-axial linear accelerometer to measure events and a pressure sensor to help distinguish ballistic impacts from blasts. The ability to diagnose TBI will allow for faster and more accurate administration of aid and prevent the individual from operating in an environment where they can be a risk to themselves and others around them.

It will allow local Emergency Management personnel and first responders at the county level, state EMA and Guard assets to communicate, as well as provide for a tie into the Army’s Emergency Operations Center at Picatinny Arsenal.  The Army will also be able to test and evaluate tying multiple regional jurisdictions into their overall enterprise architecture.

Project Name: Susquehanna University, equipment for new science center
Recipient: Susquehanna University 
Recipient Street Address: 514 University Avenue 
Recipient City: Selinsgrove
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17870
Requested Amount: $1,200,000 
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Susquehanna has embarked on a $45 million project that includes construction of a new, 75,000 gross square foot (gsf) state-of-the-art science facility (ground was broken in August 2008) that will accommodate increased science enrollments and current best practices in teaching and learning. The building will meet or exceed L.E.E.D. certification requirements and has a number of innovative energy conserving features. Part of the science project will include outfitting the facility with new and updated equipment and instrumentation, transforming the way faculty members teach courses and the way students learn by allowing faculty to expand the types of hands-on experiences offered in the lab and in the field. The science center is part of a $95 million capital investment plan designed to support increased student enrollments over the next few years, resulting in at least 60 new permanent faculty and staff jobs and 200 temporary construction jobs.

In order for the U.S. to maintain its leadership position in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, it will be vitally important for its colleges and universities, with the assistance of government, private industry and others, to produce more and better trained graduates in science and engineering (S&E) disciplines to enter and excel in the 21st century workforce. While the number of jobs requiring science and engineering training continues to grow, a troubling decline has been observed in the number of U.S. citizens who are training to become scientists and engineers.

Project Name: Acid Mine Drainage Remediation of Upper Shamokin Creek Basin
Recipient: Temple University
Recipient Street Address: 1330 West Berks Street
Recipient City: Philadelphia
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code:  19122
Requested Amount: $4000000 
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a particularly acute problem for states that have large coal deposits and large coal mining operations.  AMD forms when mine wastes are exposed to water and oxygen. The decomposition of the sulfide results in an extremely acidic and toxic metal-laden runoff that decimates both surface and subsurface water, including groundwater, lakes, rivers, and streams.  Elevated acidity and high levels of toxic metals and sulfate from flooded underground anthracite coal mines and unreclaimed waste piles have so severely degraded Shamokin Creek and its tributaries that its waters cannot be used for beneficial purposes.  Not surprisingly, Shamokin Creek is designated a “high priority watershed” on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection degraded watershed list.

Currently, lime addition is often used to neutralize AMD, but it is inadequate since the treatment is only temporary and must be repeatedly reapplied to afflicted areas. Temple University and its local partners propose innovative approaches to the AMD problem at Shamokin Creek, including:
• Ash/Grout Mix:   Temple University is working with Northumberland County companies that generate waste ash from energy generation that can be utilized in AMD site remediation. Waste ash will be used to create grout mixes that can be injected into mine voids.  When cured, the grout mix will seal the mine voids and reduce, if not eliminate subsequent discharges to streams in the Shamokin Creek Basin, as has been done successfully at the Kempton Mine Complex in Western Maryland
• Lipid Molecule Technology: Temple holds patent rights to a novel technology that utilizes specific types of lipid molecules that bind to metal sulfide, preventing AMD production.  This technology will suppress the amount of harmful effluent from mining locations, and it can remediate submerged underground abandoned mine sites that generate the most AMD in the Shamokin Creek Basin.
• Soil Stabilization: Temple has partnered with Brown Environmental on a series of program to reduce leachate generation from coal was deposits.
Temple University is bringing together a team of experts on AMD and related remediation issues.
The team includes Bucknell University, Brown Environmental, Pennsylvania Green Growth Partnership, Northumberland County Planning Department, Northumberland County Conservation District, and the Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance.

This project will help alleviate a major source of environmental damage to lakes, streams, creeks, rivers and ponds in several states all across America.  A small amount of federal funding will have a major impact in cleaning up damaged waterways all over the country.

Project Name: Sunbury flood levee certification study
Recipient: City of Sunbury
Recipient Street Address: 225 Market Street
Recipient City: Sunbury
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17801
Requested Amount: $700000 
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: This project is ready to go today, with two quotes from state-recommended consulting firms in hand and more sought.   Certification is mandatory under NFIP 44 CFR 65.10.  The City’s flood protection system has been provisionally accredited until this study can be completed. This means residents/businesses may receive FEMA restitution in the event of flood losses.   If the study is not performed, accreditation will be revoked.  If this happens, all 1900 homeowners in the flood zones will be required to purchase their own flood insurance at an annual cost of $1.7 million per year.

This will immediately depress property values from 11-17%, and cause job losses due to the prohibitive expense to business and industry.   The certification study would, if the system is found to be inadequate under current guidelines, include a plan for corrective action.

Flood prevention and control compliance with NFIP44 CFR 65.10.

Project Name: Susquehanna County 911 Public Safety Radio System
Recipient:  Susquehanna County 911
Recipient Street Address: 31 Public Ave
Recipient City: Montrose
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18801
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Is the recipient a for-profit entity? No
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: To improve the emergency radio infrastructure for interoperability between the Police, Fire and EMS services of Susquehanna County. The funding will be used for equipment and infrastructure to improve the Susquehanna County 911 Public Safety Radio System. Susquehanna County has a major Interstate within its boarders that will be better protected with these funds.

Project Name: Montour County Multi-Agency Multi-Jurisdictional Wireless Mesh Broadband Network
Recipient: Montour County Department of Emergency Services
Recipient Street Address: 30 Woodbine Lane
Recipient City: Danville
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17821
Requested Amount: $260,300
Is the recipient a for-profit entity? No
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Deployment of a County-Wide Public Safety Mesh Network in order to support the following applications:
•  Remote access to centralized servers containing maps, national and local crime databases, motor vehicle registrations, hazardous material data, building blueprints, procedures, checklists, contact directories, rosters, skill set information, reports, etc. 
•  Video surveillance and recording with stationary or roving digital cameras 
•  Multimedia Instant Messaging to units in the field 
•  Broadcast of alerts and bulletins to precincts/stations and first responders 
•  On-line record retention to aid in filing reports or for planning purposes 
•  Backhaul communications between first responders on the scene and headquarters for enhanced situational awareness  The multi- jurisdictional mesh network will provide broadband communications for both intra-agency and interoperable multi-agency needs, including mutual aid. Any organization authorized for 4.9 GHz - local/state police, SWAT, National Guard, fire, EMS, hospitals, FEMA, mass transit, utilities and others can utilize the license granted to the jurisdiction. Indoor nodes, which operate seamlessly with outdoor nodes, will be used to extend the jurisdictional mesh into command centers, city halls and other facilities on a temporary or permanent basis.
Note: The system will also be configured to allow for Public Access to Wireless Broadband Services through Wi-Fi Hotpoints in areas throughout the County.


Project Name: Public Safety Radio System Upgrade
Recipient: Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners
Recipient Street Address: 200 Adams Avenue, 6th Floor
Recipient City: Scranton
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18503
Requested Amount: $4.5 million
Is the recipient a for-profit entity? No
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Upgrade of the entire public safety radio system by providing mobile communications devices to each public safety unit and ensuring total interoperability capacities with adjoining counties.  This will bring the radio system into compliance with federally mandated narrow banding levels. This project dove-tails with interoperability initiatives in the Department of Emergency Services’ 8 county Homeland Security Group (Northeast Pennsylvania Emergency Operations Group – NEPAERG). It is the final step in a comprehensive program undertaken over the last 3 years. This project would ensure that emergency responders have the communication equipment necessary to interoperate with adjoining counties to respond to national and regional disasters, and allow for compliance with federally mandated banding levels for 2011.


Project Name: The Lycoming County Emergency Operations Center
Recipient: Lycoming County
Recipient Street Address: 48 West Third Street
Recipient City: Williamsport
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17701
Requested Amount: $250,000
Is the recipient a for-profit entity? No
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The County of Lycoming is requesting $250,000 to fund the purchase of new equipment related to a 3,100 square foot expansion and to renovate 1,550 square feet of existing space for use by the emergency operations center (EOC) for a two county region, and as alternative site for continuity of government operations for Lycoming County.
The federal funding will directly support the acquisition of the following equipment: Equipment racks, servers for county network, command/control/communication equipment, new AV mount projectors, sound, screens, and remote controls, new smart boards.

Homeland security is a central component of our country’s priorities.  As emergency operation activities and federal mandates increase, the upgrading and purchasing of new equipment is essential to continue to protect the public safety.


Project Name: Hazmat Trucking Enforcer Integrated Homeland Security Pilot Project
Recipient: RegScan, Inc.
Recipient Street Address: 800 West Fourth St.  Suite 202
Recipient City: Williamsport
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17701
Requested Amount: $4.5 million
Is the recipient a for-profit entity? Yes 
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Funds would be used by Customs and Border Protection to create a Homeland Security enhanced version of the existing Hazmat Trucking Enforcer (HTE)  Integrated software and make it available to every state and federal hazmat  inspector (approx. 8,000) through a two‐year pilot project. Creation of the pilot project will allow federal and state roadside HazMat inspectors to inspect overseas shipments of hazardous materials with greater efficiency and thoroughness.

Project Name: South Montrose Waterline
Recipient: Susquehanna County
Recipient Street Address: P O Box 218, 11 Maple Street
Recipient City: Montrose
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18801
Requested Amount: $600,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Susquehanna County Prison and Recycling Center are located in a complex along Route 29 in South Montrose.  These facilities are currently on private wells.  In recent summers, these wells have gone dry, forcing Susquehanna County to haul water to the complex in order to ensure prisoner health and comfort.  Susquehanna County is planning to construct a public water line from Montrose 3 miles south to serve its facilities.  The project is being constructed in partnership with Consumers PA Water company, the public water system provider.  The total project cost is $1,200,000.

Purpose: The water line extension is critical to supply adequate domestic water quantity and quality and meet federal drinking water standards.

Project Name: Archbald/Jermyn Boroughs Storm Water Collection System
Recipient: Archbald Borough
Recipient Street Address: 400 Church St.
Recipient City: Archbald
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18403
Requested Amount: $475,134
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Archbald and Jermyn Boroughs have agreed to address this project through joint cooperation and a singular application.  Both Boroughs jointly experience flooding during severe rain events along their common border due to a lack of a storm water collection system.  The areas of both towns that experience flooding are the East side of Jermyn and the Nebraska section of Archbald which are a low to moderate income neighborhood.   The flooding affects dozens of homeowners and costs thousands of dollars in damages, not including home repair expenses.  The proposed project will install over 3,700 lineal feet of new pipe and a number of inlets to channel water away from the homes into a water retention pond which empties into the Lackawanna River.  When completed, the new storm water system will eliminate recurring flooding throughout the project area.  If this situation is allowed to continue, additional losses will be realized by the property homeowners and collateral damage, such as mold growth and/or insect infestation, could occur.  There are also several civil lawsuits that have been initiated by residents against either the Boroughs and/or other residents.  This situation needs to be addressed before additional flooding occurs.  It is not financially feasible for both boroughs to pay the cost for this project due to its scope and a lack of funding.

The significance of this project is to alleviate flooding from storm and surface water for dozens of property owners and hundreds of residents in a low to moderate income neighborhood.  There is no current water collection system therefore people are experiencing personal and property damage.  This situation has resulted in several lawsuits between residents and the Boroughs which are seeking awards for damages and a correction to this problem.

Project Name: Jefferson Township Sanitary Sewer Extension Project
Recipient: Jefferson Township Sewer Authority
Recipient Street Address: 487 Cortez Road
Recipient City: Jefferson Township
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18436
Requested Amount: $9,156,550.00
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Jefferson Township Sewer Authority will construct two extensions to its central sanitary sewer system, in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania.  The project is required to eliminate pollution to Lake Wallenpaupack, the Delaware River, and finally the Chesapeake Bay.  The proposed service area contains dense residential developments, where there is a history of on-lot sewage disposal system failures.  The small lot sizes and unsuitable soils do not allow for repair and proper functioning of the on-lot sewage disposal systems.  The proposed project will eliminate discharges of raw or partially treated sewage to nearby Super High Quality streams and waterways.

Purpose: The Jefferson Township Sewer System Extension Project will eliminate malfunctioning on-lot sewage systems which are polluting Super High Quality Waters in Jefferson Township, which flow to Lake Wallenpaupack, the Delaware River, and the Chesapeake Bay.  The funding of this project will bring it to fruition and assist in the clean-up of the nationally significant watersheds.

Project Name: East Snyder Park Sewer and Water Infrastructure
Recipient: East Snyder Regional Recreation Assn
Recipient Street Address: Penn Township Building, Clifford Road
Recipient City: Selinsgrove
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17870
Requested Amount: $52,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: East Snyder Park is a regional, 40 acre space located in Penn Township, Snyder County. The park project is being constructed in two phases.  With great cooperation from DCNR, CDBG , private donors and volunteers we are nearing the completion of Phase I.  Phase II includes installation of water and sewer, rest rooms, expanded walking/biking trails and a tot playground.  Programming for youth and adults is planned if funding is available.  The site is a designated recreation space.  Attracting citizens of all ages from Eastern Snyder County for recreation, fitness and family activities is the goal of the project.

Purpose: The project addresses the national need for higher levels of outdoor activities promoting fitness ,family life and environmental appreciation.

Project Name: Woodside Sewer & Water
Recipient: Towanda Municipal Authority
Recipient Street Address: P O Box 229, 724 Main Street
Recipient City: Towanda
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18848
Requested Amount: $500,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: In 2003, construction of a PennDOT bridge replacement project revealed evidence of raw sewage running in open ditches to the waters of Towanda Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River about one mile downstream.  A subsequent sanitary survey of six (6) of the eleven homes in the immediate area indicated that five (5) had malfunctioning septic systems and three (3) had contaminated wells. Five (5) of the homes could not be accessed. An engineering feasibility study, which evaluated several solutions including a community on-lot system, concluded that the only effective method to correct the situation is to extend public sewers some 5,150 feet. In 2000, this project was recommended in the Central Bradford Regional Act 537 Sewer Plan. In addition to correcting an immediate environmental and health, safety and welfare problem, it lends itself to future development potential in the surrounding area of the Township.

Purpose: The sewer and water extensions are necessary to meet federal EPA wastewater and drinking water standards.

Project Name: Salt Springs Park Weatherization and Refurbishment Initiative
Recipient: Friends of Salt Springs Park, Inc.
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 541
Recipient City: Montrose
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18801
Requested Amount: $285,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: This project will retrofit the historic buildings and immediate grounds at Salt Springs park, the only site in Susquehanna County that combines environmental and historical education with a recreational facility.  This project will greatly enhance the youth and adult educational programs that we currently provide, including for the public schools of the County.  All work under this project will enable the volunteer organization that manages the park (the Friends of Salt Springs Park, Inc.) to greatly improve the environmental and historical education and recreational opportunities in an underserved yet growing area of northeastern Pennsylvania.

The plan is to weatherize the administration building, barn, residence, and carriage house for maximum energy efficiency.  These buildings were built in the mid-1800’s, and currently waste vast amounts of energy.  The project will install stormwater and drainage management in the area of these buildings.   The barn will be refurbished for public use in support of the above objectives.  All work will be in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), making the facilities accessible to all.  This project is ready to begin immediately, and can be completed within one year of funding receipt.
As part of the educational component of the project, all energy savings will be fully quantified in terms of money saved.  All weatherization and stormwater management benefits will be the basis of a permanent educational display at the park.  The improvement of the existing facilities under this project will enable greatly enhanced public education.

Purpose: Water flows from the grounds of the park down into the Susquehanna River and eventually into the Chesapeake Bay.  Stormwater and drainage infrastructure will allow the park to do its share of reducing pollutants from washing into the watershed.

Project Name: Covington Township Sewer Authority Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrade and Expansion
Recipient: Covington Township Sewer Authority 
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 266
Recipient City: Moscow
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18444
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Expansion of the Covington Township Sewer Authority Sewage treatment plant is necessary to serve a growing user base within the sewer service area, many of whom are on fixed and low moderate incomes, as well as approximately 40 small, local businesses, and a new school.  New regulations mandate a much higher level of treatment than currently provided.  Plant upgrades must be in compliance with stringent state anti degradation regulations and involve nutrient removal pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay program.

Purpose: Wastewater infrastructure and water quality in the area of the Susquehanna River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.

Project Name: Concrete Reservoir Upgrades & Repairs
Recipient: Shamokin Dam Borough
Recipient Street Address: 210 W 8th Avenue, PO Box 273
Recipient City: Shamokin Dam
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17876
Requested Amount: $128,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The project would entail installing a membrane type roof system over an existing pre-cast concrete reservoir vault, reinforcing the structure by pouring additional concrete supports at each corner and along the sidewalls and upgrading security issues. The approximate size of the reservoir is 125’ x 100’ (12,500 Sq. ft.) x 15’ high.

Purpose: This structure is the main reservoir for the community of Shamokin Dam and this project would preserve the structure an additional 50 years, or more.

Project Name: Borough-Wide Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project
Recipient: Forest City Borough
Recipient Street Address: PO Box 63
Recipient City: Forest City
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18421
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Forest City Borough’s sanitary sewage collection system is over 100 years old, in some locations there are separate storm waters lines however over the years many sanitary lines have been illegally connected into the storm lines as well as storm lines into the sanitary. During periods of wet weather the sewer treatment plant operated by the Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority is forced to release this water into the Lackawanna River with minimal treatment.  Several storm water outflows empty onto private lands, these outflows have been found to contain fecal material and two affected property owners have sued the Borough in Federal Court. The Borough spent over three years locating illegally connected sanitary lines and properly connecting them to correct the problem; however fecal material continued to show up in tests.  The Federal judge who has been monitoring the investigation and progress has decided the overall progress is not expeditiously addressing the complaints concern. The Borough is now required by Federal Consent Order and Agreement to replace the sewer system. The only funding committed to date for this project is a low interest loan from the USDA.  In October 2008 in order to have money available for the debt service on this loan the Borough enacted $20 per month per equivalent dwelling unit sewer fee. The fee is scheduled to increase to $32 in 2009, depending the final cost of the project this may have be as high as $40 per edu. This amount is in addition to the $60 quarterly fee paid by residents to the Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority for treatment.

Purpose: Federal sewage treatment mandates for nutrient management and impacts to the Chesapeake Bay have dictated the improvements. Standards cannot be met without federal assistance.

Project Name: Rehabilitation of Sewage Lagoon Aeration System
Recipient: Spring Brook Township Sewer Authority
Recipient Street Address: PO Box 1100
Recipient City: Moscow
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18444
Requested Amount: $190,000.00
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Spring Brook Township Sewer Authority serves portions of Spring Brook and Roaring Brook Townships, Lackawanna County.  The current wastewater treatment system went on-line in 1995 and includes collection systems in both townships and a facultative lagoon treatment plant.  The Authority proposes to retrofit the lagoons' aeration tubing with a new system that will improve treatment efficiency, reduce energy costs, reduce maintenance costs, and eliminate the use and emission of hydrogen chlorine needed to clean to existing tubing.  All aspects of installation of the new tubing will be competitively bid and overseen by the Authority’s plant operator.

The project is needed because the existing tubing has deteriorated, resulting in loss in treatment efficiency and increased energy usage.  The new tubing system will improve treatment efficiency by more evenly distributing air flow, reduce energy costs by reducing blower motors loads, reduce maintenance costs by easier tube cleaning, and improve air quality by eliminating the current use of hydrogen chlorine.

This project is high priority for both the Spring Brook and Roaring Brook Sewer Authorities as it will provide environmental benefits to air and water quality and lower operating costs for rate payers.  If not grant funded, the project will be deferred, until funding is available.

Purpose: Clean effluent from treatment plants high in the watershed protects the water quality for all downstream residents.  Efficient wastewater treatment is critical to preserving the nation’s water resources.  Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Virginia and the District of Columbia have agreed on plans and programs to restore the Chesapeake Bay by reducing nutrient and sediment loadings.  Effluent from waste water treatment plants has been identified as major point sources of nutrient loading.  The Spring Brook Township Sewer Authority is located in the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Improving treatment efficiency at the Spring Brook Plant supports the Chesapeake Bay programs.

Project Name: Bridgewater Township Sewer Extension 
Recipient: Bridgewater Township Municipal Authority 
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 185
Recipient City: South Montrose
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18843
Requested Amount: $1,000,000 
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Bridgewater Township Municipal Authority is seeking funding to assist with the construction of a public sewer extension in Bridgewater Township and New Milford Township in Susquehanna County.  The extension will serve business/industrial and residential properties along Route 706 and connect them to a central sewage treatment facility.  The project has become a priority to alleviate issues with malfunctioning private septic tanks on residential properties within the corridor and to improve business development properties in a growing area.  The total project is estimated to cost $5,500,000.  Interim financing has been secured through PENNVEST, but federal funding in an amount up to $1,000,000 is requested.

Project Name: Freeburg Municipal Authority Filtration Project
Recipient: Freeburg Municipal Authority
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 308
Recipient City: Freeburg
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17827
Requested Amount: $750,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Freeburg Municipal Authority, owner/operator of a public water system located in Washington Township, Snyder County, utilizes ground water sources to provide water to its citizenry residing in Freeburg Borough. The existing water system does not pass the requirements of the Pennsylvania Filter Rule. The Authority is under a Consent Order and Agreement to make the necessary improvements to bring the water system into compliance. A typical small, rural community situated in Central Pennsylvania, Freeburg Borough must be able to stabilize the considerable cost of the improvements against the limited financial capacity of the predominantly low- to moderate-income residents.

The PWS has 282 Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDUsj serving 584 persons, and has an average daily water usage of approximaiely 54, gallons per day. Due to the wells proximity to one another, they are considered to be one source. On September 25,2001, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducted an analysis of the raw water. The analysis consisted of samples looking for a presence of both total and fecal coliform, an inorganic analysis, and a Microscopic Particular Evaluation. As a result of this analysis, the Freeburg Municipal Authority's water system was reclassified as groundwater under the direct influence of surface water (GUDI]. The current treatment system does not comply with requirements of the PA Filter Rule. The water is either to be filtered or replaced with an alternative source/treatment system in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The Municipal Authority has attempted several means and methods to comply with the DEP guidelines, but all to no avail. The failed methods were well rehabilitation, drilling new test wells, and hydrofracking the test well bore holes. The Municipal Authority is currently in process of installing a membrane filtration system on our current well system. The cost of this type of filtration system, new well house and all the renovation to our current system will be approximately This project is being mandated by the Department of Environmental Protection; therefore Freeburg Borough has no other choice than to move forward. Please take our situation into consideration, your help and generosity would be greatly appreciated.

Project Name: Potable Water System
Recipient: Lower Mahanoy Township
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 116
Recipient City: Dornsife
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17823
Requested Amount: $2,431,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Upgrade to a gravity-fed potable water delivery system that was built in 1924, with components as old as 1888.  The roof of the main reservoir needs replacement, the facility cannot provide adequate pressure for residential service or fire protection needs, and many of the existing pipe joints are lead-packed and must be replaced for health reasons.  Finally, a new 120,000 gallon standpipe is needed.

Project Name: Wastewater Treatment System Upgrade and Modification
Recipient: Montrose Municipal Authority
Recipient Street Address: Lower South Main Street; P.O. Box 306
Recipient City: Montrose
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18801
Requested Amount: $$11,300,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Capital improvements to the Montrose Municipal Authority’s Wastewater treatment plant.  The treatment plant is required to comply with new stringent regulations implemented as part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy. As a result of this requirement new equipment upgrades are necessary in order to comply with the regulations.  Replacement and repair of equipment will keep the plant functional and ensure environmental protection.  A feasibility study was conducted in which three technologies were evaluated; upgrade the existing Rotating Biological Contactors, convert the process to a Vertical Loop Reactor, or convert the process to a Sequencing Batch Reactor.  Due to ease of operation and cost effectiveness the Vertical Loop Reactor technology was chosen.  Planned upgrades in addition to the Vertical Loop Reactor will include: headworks screening addition; expansion and consolidation of equipment and material storage; a new building to house needed blowers and a standby generator, while also relieving serious congestion in old structures; four upgraded clarifiers; upgrading disinfection to ultraviolet disinfection; and upgrading sludge dewatering to centrifugation.  Access and employee health and safety will also be addressed.

Project Name: Sewer Rehabilitation Project
Recipient: Riverside Borough
Recipient Street Address: Box 397
Recipient City: Riverside
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17868
Requested Amount:  $950,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Borough owns a sewer system that serves residents and businesses in the Borough.  Sewage is collected in this system and is conveyed for treatment at the Borough of Danville’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).

Residents have experienced sewage back-ups into their homes in recent years.  Some of these residents have alleged they have had property damage due to these sewage back-ups.  A party has even sued the Borough to correct problems in the Borough’s sewer system.  A preliminary investigation of a portion of the sewer system showed areas that have deteriorated conditions which have allowed roots to infiltrate the municipal sewer.

The Borough has a project to comprehensively study its entire sewer system and also to make infrastructure repairs to approximately 3500 feet of sewer in Avenues D and E in the Borough.

The project should enhance the conditions for economic improvement for businesses located in the Borough, which should help retain jobs.  Also, the construction project will spur on economic development in the form of construction jobs.

Regionally, in addition to the Borough of Riverside benefitting from this project, the Borough of Danville and the other users of Danville’s WWTP such as Mahoning Township will also benefit from this project.  This is because the treatment processes of the WWTP will be less impacted by periods of higher flow rates associated extraneous water entering Riverside’s sewer system which can adversely affect the level of treatment provided by the WWTP.

Project Name: Sewer Expansion Project
Recipient: Factoryville Borough Clinton Township Joint Municipal Authority 
Recipient Street Address:
Recipient City:
Recipient State:
Recipient Zip Code:
Requested Amount: $1,500,000 
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The municipalities of Clinton Township and Factoryville Borough are requesting assistance from Congressman Carney for a mandated sewer expansion project in our municipalities.  Factoryville’s plant has been restricted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from allowing any more than 6 additional connections to the plant.  Factoryville was notified by DEP that significant upgrades would have to be completed at the sewer treatment plant.  Clinton Township and Keystone College are also having problems with sewer treatment and have also been mandated by DEP to upgrade their facilities.  The municipalities and Keystone College have formed a partnership to expand the sewer treatment plant capacity at the Factoryville Sewer Plant, a Joint Municipal Sewer Authority was established and is proceeding with the project.

The proposed Sewer Project will expand Factoryville’s wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) capacity from 0.086 million gallons per day (MGD) to 0.185 MGD. This Project will bring the expanded and upgraded sewer plant into compliance with the DEP annual mass lading limitations for Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP).  The Project is in compliance with The Clean Streams Law and DEP's Act 537.  This Project will eliminate the malfunctioning on-lot sewage disposal systems in Clinton Township and connect these units to the new sanitary sewer collection system.  This project will increase our overall plant capacity and extend to the municipalities and college the ability to permit new businesses and housing units to connect to the new expanded wastewater system.  Additionally this project will provided multiple benefits to water quality.  The new technology for wastewater treatment to be included in the expansion and upgrade will greatly improve the Sewer Authority’s ability to protect the public health in the effected municipalities.

Project Name: Wastewater collection and treatment system
Recipient: Nicholson Borough Authority
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 324
Recipient City: Nicholson
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18446
Requested Amount: $1,100,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Sewage collection and treatment system for Borough of Nicholson, Wyoming county Pa. approximately 275 homes and businesses to be connected, Step -Steg system of treatment.

Project Name: Great Stream Commons Main Line Interceptor Upgrades and Lateral Extensions
Recipient: Union County Industrial Development Corp.
Recipient Street Address: 155 N. 15th St.
Recipient City: Lewisburg
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17837
Requested Amount: $792,896
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: In order to regulate and control wastewater flows from the Federal Bureau of Prison in Allenwood, PA and to accommodate the additional flow requirements from the Great Streams Commons Business Park, it is proposed to extend the existing sewer main to service various pad sites and construct either an equalization tank or force main with a pump station.  Upon completion of the projects the remaining vacant parcels within the industrial park would be “shovel ready” and the Municipal Authority would have better control of the flows coming from the Bureau’s facility.  Phase I of the business park is presently underway with Target Corporation constructing a new 1.7 million square foot distribution warehouse on approximately 166 acres.  Concurrently with the Target project, Union County and the Union County IDC are installing the site infrastructure and on-site roadways.  There is presently 212 net developable acres (285 acres gross) that remain in the Park with lots ranging from 1.5 to 40 acres.  The development of the Park is substantially underway with the IDC and County committing in excess of $2.5 million in funding to the overall Target Project and the remaining site. It should be noted that the development is designated as a KOZ and a KOEZ.

Project Name: Sanitary Sewer Collection System
Recipient: Scott Township Sewer and Water Authority
Recipient Street Address: 1038 Montdale Road
Recipient City: Scott Township
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18447
Requested Amount: $18,500,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The “Authority” is charged with implementation of Act 537 and the required plans have been approved by DEP to construct an $18.5 million dollar sanitary sewer collection and conveyance system of approx. 120,000 linear feet of 2-6 inch pressure sewers and approx. 16,000 linear feet of 12 inch gravity conveyance sewer line with 6 pumping stations for 1400 EDU’s to service almost one half of the township.  Sewage will be conveyed via the 12 inch gravity line to the Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority (LRBSA) interceptor sewer located in Jermyn Borough, Lackawanna County for treatment at the LRBSA’s Archbald waste water treatment plant.  The project includes hooking up the Lakeland School District, Scott Elementary and Junior Senior High School in Scott Township.

Project Name: Pumps and pipe replacement 
Recipient: South Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 6
Recipient City: Lake Ariel
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18436
Requested Amount: $3,022,500
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Replacement of 2 Pump Stations, force mains, and associated piping. Replacement of 3,500 feet of linear feet of piping.

Project Name: Sewer Line Construction 
Recipient: Lewis Township 
Recipient Street Address: 1428 Rovendale Drive
Recipient City: Turbotville
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17772
Requested Amount: $903,880
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: This is for installation of a new 6336-foot sewer line connecting the Moser Sports Complex in Lewis Township to Route 54, where it will connect to the Borough of Turbotville’s system.  This complex has never been served by a sewer utility.

Project Name: Hall Station Regional Water Project Phase II
Recipient: Lycoming County
Recipient Street Address: 48 West Third Street
Recipient City: Williamsport
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17701
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The water infrastructure will provide up to 1,500,000 gallons of potable water per day to an area of over 900 acres in our hottest growth area.  Specifically, the water infrastructure project involves the design and construction of a public water system to serve this area.  The public water system feasibility study for Phase II of the Hall Station Regional Water System was completed in 2007. Preliminary engineering was finished in 2008.  Final design will be completed in 2009.  We are ready to mobilize and start construction upon receipt of funds.

Project Name: Troy Treatment Facility Upgrades
Recipient: Troy Borough
Recipient Street Address: 110 Elmira Street
Recipient City: Troy
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 16947
Requested Amount: $250,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The wastewater treatment facility serving Troy Borough and a portion of Troy Township in Bradford County is in need of upgrades to handle nitrogen and phosphorus loading requirements due to new environmental mandates.  Automatic process controls and an additional filtration system will need to be installed to deal with the nutrient issues.  Troy Borough administers the public sewer system and central treatment plant under an inter-municipal agreement with Troy Township.  The total cost of the project is approximately $750,000, and Troy Borough is requesting up to $250,000 in federal funds to implement this project.

Project Name: Valley Township Sewage Capacity Project
Recipient: Valley Township
Recipient Street Address: 5 Indian Run Road
Recipient City: Danville
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17821
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Valley Township sewer system has reached its functional capacity and can no longer accept any sewage from new users connecting that would like to connect to the system. This project will increase the capacity of the sewer system by one of two options: expanding the wastewater treatment plant, or interconnecting the Valley Township sewer system with the Danville sewer system which currently has extra capacity. At this time, Valley Township is seeking funding for the project.

Project Name: Stormwater Drainage System
Recipient: Borough of Kulpmont
Recipient Street Address: 860 Spruce St.
Recipient City: Kulpmont
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17834
Requested Amount: $1,750,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: This is for a Borough-wide installation of a new, Act 167-compliant stormwater drainage system, including design and construction.

Project Name: Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion
Recipient: Central Wayne Regional Authority
Recipient Street Address: 100 Fourth Street, Suite 8
Recipient City: Honesdale
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18431
Requested Amount: $3000000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: An expansion of the existing wastewater treatment plant to preserve the “High Quality” Lackawaxen River by providing better treatment to the incoming wastewater and minimizing combined sewer overflows (partially treated wastewater being discharged to the river). This expansion is required to comply with the Consent Order and Agreement issued by PADEP and will provide sewer service for additional customers within the service area to allow Honesdale Borough, Texas Township, Cherry Ridge Township, Berlin Township, Bethany Borough, and additional surrounding municipalities to continue to grow and prosper.

Project Name: Herndon Water System Upgrade
Recipient: Herndon Borough/Jackson Township Joint Municipal Authority
Recipient Street Address: P.O Box 381 – 278 N. Main St.
Recipient City: Herndon
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 17830
Requested Amount: $2,200,000 
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Upgrade of the entire potable water delivery system, involving cleaning and cement lining of some existing water lines and replacing others with new cement-lined ductile iron pipe.

Project Name: Valley Joint Sewer Upgrades
Recipient: Valley Joint Sewer Authority
Recipient Street Address: 1 South River Street
Recipient City: Athens
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18810
Requested Amount: $3000000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Valley Joint Sewer Authority operates a public sewage treatment facility that serves the municipalities of Athens Borough, Athens Township, Sayre Borough, and South Waverly Borough in Bradford County.  The treatment plant is in need of $14 million in upgrades to meet new capacity and nutrient management requirements.  Flood control is also an issue, as recent flooding events have forced the treatment facility to shut down and cripple such key entities as Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre.  The participating municipalities will share the cost of the upgrades, and each is responsible for its own sewage conveyance lines in addition.  These conveyance lines are aging and in need of major upgrades as well.  Sayre Borough alone is facing $38 million in sewer line replacement costs in the near future.  Federal funding to assist all four involved municipalities with the joint treatment facility upgrade would greatly assist in the implementation of all needed sewer projects in the Valley communities.

Project Name: Pike County Blooming Grove Complex Wastewater Plant Expansion
Recipient: County of Pike 
Recipient Street Address: 506 Broad Street
Recipient City: Milford
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18337
Requested Amount: $3000000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: The Pike County Blooming Grove Complex, which supports various governmental buildings continues to expand as the County’s population and service needs increase.  The existing wastewater treatment plant is approaching its design capacity.  The County is proposing to increase the treatment plant capacity by 60,000 gpd to accommodate planned future growth at the complex.  The existing and proposed expanded facility are “green” wastewater treatment plants.  The majority of the wastewater is spray irrigated in the forest to recharge the groundwater aquifer.

Project Name: Water pipe relocation
Recipient: South Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority
Recipient Street Address: P.O. Box 6 
Recipient City: Lake Ariel
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18436
Requested Amount: $1,007,500
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: Replace and relocate approximately 4000 feet of Water. Provide new Utility Mapping System.

Project Name: Acid Mine Drainage Value Extraction Process
Recipient: Battelle Memorial Institute
Recipient Street Address: 505 King Avenue
Recipient City: Columbus
Recipient State: OH
Recipient Zip Code: 43201
Requested Amount: $2,500,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: This treatment process has numerous positive impacts on the environment and economy. The purified water can be subsequently treated to make it potable. There is minimal pollution as the extraction process economically recycles the metals and minerals. The extractant is reused within the system. The metals and minerals extracted from the discharge can be recycled, and then sold to offset the initial start up and maintenance costs. This technology can revitalize the coal and hardrock mining industries, as well as improve the management of other industrial wastewater treatments. It can be adapted to extract other types of metals and minerals, such as selenium, arsenic, aluminum, iron, cobalt and nickel. One of the most important benefits of this process is for the community. The purified water can be reused as clean processed water, fed to a municipal drinking water plant or discharged to a stream.

Project Name: Endless Mountains Health Systems Hospital
Recipient: Endless Mountains Health Systems
Recipient Street Address: 1 – 3 Grow Avenue
Recipient City: Montrose
Recipient State: PA
Recipient Zip Code: 18801
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
Explanation of request, including purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds: This project focuses upon improving health, leading to productive quality of life and retaining existing jobs while creating new employment opportunities.  This project will assist in equipping a replacement facility for Endless Mountains Health Systems (EMHS). Funds will be used for the operating rooms, emergency room, imaging services and information technology.

The project will improve access and services to an area with a large concentration of elderly and low income population. It will also improve patient safety and disaster preparedness for this region. Currently there is very little disaster capability at the present facility.